Firewall Contract Job Trends in Wales

Firewall
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Firewall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 23 34
Rank change year-on-year -9 +11 -16
Contract jobs citing Firewall 12 27 19
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 2.52% 6.31% 4.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.67% 38.57% 32.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 15 16
10th Percentile £156 £210 £153
25th Percentile £216 £325 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £293 £375 £300
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% +25.00% -29.41%
75th Percentile £399 £453 £588
90th Percentile £505 £498 £600
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.89% -0.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile £76.50 £22.25 -
25th Percentile £78.75 £23.75 -
Median hourly rate £85.00 £27.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +209.09% - -
75th Percentile £88.75 £35.00 -
90th Percentile £89.50 £38.75 -
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £35.00 £65.98
% change year-on-year +19.83% -46.95% +72.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wales

Firewall falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 45 70 58
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 9.43% 16.36% 13.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 40 40
10th Percentile £155 £145 £197
25th Percentile £170 £193 £284
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £241 £326
Median % change year-on-year +20.21% -26.05% -27.50%
75th Percentile £298 £391 £550
90th Percentile £540 £463 £604
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 13 0
10th Percentile - £21.90 -
25th Percentile £12.82 £26.25 -
Median hourly rate £80.00 £47.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +68.42% - -
75th Percentile £87.50 £50.00 -
90th Percentile £89.00 £53.00 -
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £37.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -9.33% -31.82% +34.05%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Firewall relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Firewall job vacancy trend in Wales

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Firewall.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Firewall

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Wales over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in Wales

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Firewall.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Firewall

Firewall
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Wales region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South Wales -9 12 £293 -22.00% 19
Firewall
UK

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) AWS
1 2 (16.67%) AWS IoT
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
1 2 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) LAN
1 5 (41.67%) WAN
2 3 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (25.00%) VLAN
3 2 (16.67%) Ethernet
3 2 (16.67%) Modbus
3 2 (16.67%) SD-WAN
3 2 (16.67%) VSAN
3 2 (16.67%) Wireless
4 1 (8.33%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (8.33%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (8.33%) Cisco Wireless
4 1 (8.33%) Network Security
4 1 (8.33%) NX-OS
4 1 (8.33%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (8.33%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) MariaDB
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Aerospace
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) IT Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Applications Support
3 1 (8.33%) Applications Support Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) ICT Technician
3 1 (8.33%) Lead
3 1 (8.33%) NOC Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Cyber Defence
2 4 (33.33%) Operational Technology
3 2 (16.67%) 3D Printing
3 2 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (16.67%) IoT
4 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
4 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
4 1 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
2 2 (16.67%) Linux
2 2 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
3 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (25.00%) Patch Management
2 3 (25.00%) Release Management
2 3 (25.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (25.00%) SIEM
3 2 (16.67%) Availability Management
3 2 (16.67%) Capacity Management
3 2 (16.67%) Data Protection
3 2 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (16.67%) Impact Analysis
3 2 (16.67%) ISMS
3 2 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (8.33%) Business Enablement
4 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (8.33%) Incident Management
4 1 (8.33%) Migration
4 1 (8.33%) Network Design
4 1 (8.33%) Project Management
4 1 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (8.33%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (8.33%) Bash
2 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) CCNA
1 4 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (25.00%) Network+ Certification
2 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) CCNP
3 2 (16.67%) CISMP
3 2 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) GSEC
4 1 (8.33%) DBS Check
4 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (16.67%) GDPR
1 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Check_MK
1 2 (16.67%) Nessus
1 2 (16.67%) vCenter Server
1 2 (16.67%) WSUS
2 1 (8.33%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Cisco
2 3 (25.00%) Fortinet
2 3 (25.00%) Palo Alto
2 3 (25.00%) Red Hat
2 3 (25.00%) Splunk
3 2 (16.67%) CheckPoint
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (16.67%) Oracle
3 2 (16.67%) Tenable
3 2 (16.67%) VMware
4 1 (8.33%) McAfee
4 1 (8.33%) Zscaler